Ian Fleming – From Russia With Love – First UK Edition 1957
£4,500.00
First edition, first printing of From Russia With love by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1957. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, a silver and red debossed gun and rose motif to the front board, silver and red debossed titling to the spine, some light shelf wear to the rear board, toning to the text block and light spotting to front free end paper. In a similarly very good/near fine unclipped wrapper with chipping and wear to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, a closed tear to upper edge of rear panel showing evidence of internal repair, toning to the rear panel with some internal spotting. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping.
Ian Fleming’s From Russia With Love is one of the sharpest James Bond novels, built around a Soviet assassination plot designed to destroy 007 and embarrass British intelligence. Much of the story follows SMERSH’s planning before Bond enters, giving it unusual tension and menace. Set between Istanbul, the Orient Express and Cold War intrigue, it combines seduction, espionage, brutality and suspense, with Tatiana Romanova and Red Grant at its dangerous heart.
The fifth title in the James Bond series.
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First edition, first printing of From Russia With love by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1957. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, a silver and red debossed gun and rose motif to the front board, silver and red debossed titling to the spine, some light shelf wear to the rear board, toning to the text block and light spotting to front free end paper. In a similarly very good/near fine unclipped wrapper with chipping and wear to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, a closed tear to upper edge of rear panel showing evidence of internal repair, toning to the rear panel with some internal spotting. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping.
Ian Fleming’s From Russia With Love is one of the sharpest James Bond novels, built around a Soviet assassination plot designed to destroy 007 and embarrass British intelligence. Much of the story follows SMERSH’s planning before Bond enters, giving it unusual tension and menace. Set between Istanbul, the Orient Express and Cold War intrigue, it combines seduction, espionage, brutality and suspense, with Tatiana Romanova and Red Grant at its dangerous heart.
The fifth title in the James Bond series.
